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Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics represents one of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications, Experimental and Applied Mechanics, MEMS and Nanotechnology and, Composite Materials and Joining Technologies for Composites.

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From the Contents: Effect of Crystallite Orientation on Nanomechanical Properties of a Nanostructured poly(KAMPS)/aragonite Composite.- Characterization of the Mechanical Behavior of Sunflower Stem for Bio-composite Applications.- Long-range Mechanical Force Enables Self-assembly of Epithelial Tubules.- Effects of Membrane Composition and Cytoskeletal Proteins on Membrane Mechanics.- Interfacial Fracture Toughness of Nacre.- New Insight into the Toughening Mechanisms of Nacre.- Thermal Analyses of Dental Ceramic Restorations.- Visualization of Micro-cracks in Compact Bovine Bone.- KEYNOTE: Humanlike Robots - Synthetically Mimicking Humans.- Porous Hydroxyapatite-polyhydroxybutyrate Composites Fabricated by a Novel Method via Centrifugation.- Isolation of Collagen From Cortical Bovine Bone for Preparation of Porous Collagen Sponges.

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